🔥 RARE Vintage Old PICASSO Lithograph Exhibition Poster, LEIGHTON GALLERY 1960s

Description: This is a seldomly seen and Very RARE Vintage Old PICASSO Lithograph Exhibition Poster, from the esteemed Leighton Gallery of (Maine, USA or Melbourne, Australia...Help!), dating to the 1960's. This poster depicts Picasso's famed Dove with Sun, circa 1962, in the center of the image. At the top of this poster, it reads: "Picasso," in the artist's signature handwriting style. At the bottom of this poster, it reads: "Sketches Drawings Posters. August 9 to October 10. Leighton Gallery." As I alluded to at the beginning of this listing, information on this rare poster is so scarce, that I cannot determine if this piece was produced by the American Leighton Galley in Maine, or the Australian Leighton Gallery in Melbourne. If you know anything more about this poster, please send me a message! Approximately 23 x 29 inches (including frame.) Actual visible artwork is approximately 17 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches. Very good condition for age and storage, with some minor scuffing and edge wear to the original vintage period aluminum frame (please see photos.) Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. Priced to Sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the possible Leighton Gallery: JUDITH LEIGHTON (1929–2011) BIOGRAPHYJudith Leighton (1929–2011) was the founder and owner of the Leighton Gallery in Blue Hill, Maine, and an artist in her own right. Leighton attended Washington University, graduating in 1951 with a dual major in art and archaeology and English literature. She began painting with watercolors in the 1950s, gaining notice for her work by the 1960s, and receiving first prize at an art fair in St. Louis. After moving to Maine in 1970, Leighton worked almost exclusively with dry pastels, which she exhibited in Belfast and Bangor, and later at her gallery. Leighton was passionate about art that “celebrated life” whether it was the art she showed at her gallery, or the art she made. Her modernist inspired motifs included flowers, landscapes, tables and chairs, and women, often seated as if engaged in an pleasant conversation, or standing, or holding a dog, cat or bird.Leighton Gallery is located at 24 Parker Point Road Blue Hill, ME, USA 04614. Judith Leighton, Blue Hill Art Scene Mainstay, Dies at 81Apr 25, 2011 BLUE HILL — Judith Leighton, an artist and art dealer who anchored Blue Hill’s downtown gallery scene for decades, died April 21 in Boston after a brief illness. She was 81.The Leighton Gallery on Parker Point Road celebrated its 30th season last year, offering further testimony to Leighton’s passion for art and her dedication to bringing new artists to the forefront in Maine.“She was a mainstay of the art scene in our region for decades, but also in Maine,” said Maine art historian and author Carl Little. “She offered a wonderful range of contemporary work by artists from here and from away, including such greats as Bernard Langlais and Francis Hamabe.”In an interview last summer, Leighton recalled starting the gallery 30 years earlier and revealed her simple formula for success.“I had a burning desire to show good artwork and I didn’t want to show what everyone else was showing, as far as the Maine local scene,” she saidHer passion was coupled with an uncanny intuition for identifying good artwork.“She had a great eye,” Little said.Leighton Gallery was voted the “Best Gallery in Maine” by a Maine Times people poll and cited in leading art magazines as “one of the best galleries on the East Coast.”An accomplished artist in her own right, Leighton’s passion for art blossomed in childhood and has thrived ever since. HISTORY: Deans Art has always had a strong presence in Melbourne, constructing a range of buildings around the city! W&G Dean founded the Leighton House Gallery in 1937 and housed it along with the store and office at 346-348 Little Collins Street in a beautiful purpose-built building.This article from The Herald on Wed 10 Nov 1937 includes an advertisement for the Leighton Art Gallery."MELBOURNES ART CENTER: Realizing the need of a highly specialized Art Center in Melbourne, and with the object of encouraging and fostering Art throughout Australia, W & G Dean Pty Ltd have provided, at great expense, a magnificent modern and expansive gallery which incorporates the world's best and most up to date ideas. The natural lighting is exceptional and is supplemented by the latest scientific principles of gallery lighting."We're very grateful to find these references to Deans Art's long history in a scan of The Herald online. Please use the link in bio to access the full article on the Trove site.Deans Art, Australia's first and most experienced art supply service operating since 1854! NAMELeighton Gallery.DATE ESTABLISHED5 November 1937PLACE ESTABLISHED346 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDATE CLOSEDafter 1954SUMMARYCommercial gallery. Located: Australia (VIC).BIOGRAPHYThe art material supply company William Dean & Co built Leighton Building at 346 Little Collins Street, Melbourne in 1937. As part of their support for the arts they established The Leighton Gallery within the building.COUNTRY OF CONTEXTAustralia About the Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) was active/lived in Spain, France. Pablo Picasso is known for Cubist painting and printmaking. Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Picasso’s sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. At auction, a number of Picasso’s paintings have sold for more than $100 million. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the world’s most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern. Museums: Boca Raton Museum of Art (Boca Raton, FL) California African American Museum (Los Angeles, CA) Flint Institute of Arts (Flint, MI) Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY (Flushing, NY) Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art (Denver, CO) Kresge Art Museum (East Lansing, MI) Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona, MN) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA) Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, NY) Pensacola Museum Of Art (Pensacola, FL) Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Loretto, PA) Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London (London, United Kingdom) The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (Norman, OK) The Phillips Museum of Art (Lancaster, PA) University of Saint Joseph Art Gallery (West Hartford, CT) University of Wyoming Art Museum (Laramie, WY) Pablo Picasso, Colombe au soleil (Dove with Sun), 1962Artist:Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)Title:Colombe au soleil (Dove with Sun), 1962

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